3 files changed, 17 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
index fac3717d9ba1..3c34cb766724 100644
--- a/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
+++ b/tools/perf/tests/builtin-test.c
@@ -296,7 +296,9 @@ static const char *shell_test__description(char *description, size_t size,
 
 #define for_each_shell_test(entlist, nr, base, ent)	                \
 	for (int __i = 0; __i < nr && (ent = entlist[__i]); __i++)	\
-		if (!is_directory(base, ent) && ent->d_name[0] != '.')
+		if (!is_directory(base, ent) && \
+			is_executable_file(base, ent) && \
+			ent->d_name[0] != '.')
 
 static const char *shell_tests__dir(char *path, size_t size)
 {
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/path.c b/tools/perf/util/path.c
index caed0336429f..ce80b79be103 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/path.c
+++ b/tools/perf/util/path.c
@@ -86,9 +86,21 @@ bool is_directory(const char *base_path, const struct dirent *dent)
 	char path[PATH_MAX];
 	struct stat st;
 
-	sprintf(path, "%s/%s", base_path, dent->d_name);
+	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", base_path, dent->d_name);
 	if (stat(path, &st))
 		return false;
 
 	return S_ISDIR(st.st_mode);
 }
+
+bool is_executable_file(const char *base_path, const struct dirent *dent)
+{
+	char path[PATH_MAX];
+	struct stat st;
+
+	snprintf(path, sizeof(path), "%s/%s", base_path, dent->d_name);
+	if (stat(path, &st))
+		return false;
+
+	return !S_ISDIR(st.st_mode) && (st.st_mode & S_IXUSR);
+}
diff --git a/tools/perf/util/path.h b/tools/perf/util/path.h
index 083429b7efa3..d94902c22222 100644
--- a/tools/perf/util/path.h
+++ b/tools/perf/util/path.h
@@ -12,5 +12,6 @@ int path__join3(char *bf, size_t size, const char *path1, const char *path2, con
 
 bool is_regular_file(const char *file);
 bool is_directory(const char *base_path, const struct dirent *dent);
+bool is_executable_file(const char *base_path, const struct dirent *dent);
 
 #endif /* _PERF_PATH_H */